The Young Lion

The battle between England and Argentina’s rivals has been endowed with too much connotation beyond the meaning of competition. 99% of the content people talk about is beyond the reality of the World Cup, that is: qualifying, advancing to the knockout round, and going on

Revenge, revenge, revenge.

England wants revenge, and Argentina wants revenge too. Twenty years after the Falklands War, the entire Argentine nation is still full of hatred for England. This is understandable. The war of blood and dignity will never be forgotten from generation to generation. It depends on what kind of enmity it is.

Even if Argentina beats England again, Britain will not return the Falklands to Argentina, and will not reverse the outcome of the war 20 years ago, but the whole nation is looking forward to defeating England on the green field. Football is a kind of spiritual opium , if the Argentines can beat England, it will make the whole nation like the sky.

The Anglo-Arab war went on for 60 minutes, and the score on the scoreboard was already 3:0.

The hearts of the Argentines are already cold, not only because of the negative stimulation brought by the score, but also on the scene, the Pampas Eagles make people see no hope, even a little bit of hope has never been ignited.

At this time, most people's thinking began to return to the essence of competition.

Argentina will lose this game, undisputedly, beaten by England with a flamboyance that no one could have foreseen, and that flamboyance, speed, destruction, passion and exhilaration is exactly what Argentina is looking for .

Calm down and think about it carefully, the Argentines started to panic, a huge panic!

According to the current score, if there is another game in the same group. Sweden beat Nigeria. No matter how many Sweden wins. The Swedish team will surpass Argentina in the rankings before the final round of matches.

Goal difference!

Yes, Sweden lost 1:3 to England.

At this time, Argentina was 0:3 behind, and Argentina only won a negligible 1:0 against Nigeria. As long as Sweden wins, Sweden and Argentina will have the same points, but the goal difference must be more than Argentina!

This is the group of death, one goal, one conceded. It may turn the whole situation upside down.

Bielsa probably also thought of this, and immediately used the last substitution spot without hesitation.

And the person he replaced was: Batistuta.

When the substitution number is displayed on the sideline substitution board,

Batty lowered his head and walked quickly to the sidelines until the score changed from 2:0 to 3:0, it seemed 2 to 3. This 3 was very special, which made the Argentine generals realize that the Swedish team was also scored 3 by England. However, the Swedish team scored a goal!

So before the game, no one will care about the goal difference. Start infinite zoom.

Yes, the Argentine generals were very aggressive before the game. Ambitious to continue to teach England, just like the 86 World Cup, just like the 98 World Cup, let England fall into the abyss again after winning the first game.

Even if it's a tie, or really loses the game.

No Argentine would think that the score would become such a real and shocking three-goal gap!

This gap, pushing Argentina to the brink of death, is kicking them off the stage of the World Cup!

When Batty stepped off the court, the hustle and bustle seemed to subside, and people looked at his figure. From the beginning of the game to this moment, Batty received the highest attention, attracted everyone's attention, and made people realize that in the previous game Batty's non-existence during the process, as if he was invisible.

I have to admit that the thought that inevitably arises made many people sigh.

Ares, old.

The hero is late, and sighs everywhere.

The person who replaced Batty was Crespo. After Batty left the field, he sat on the bench and watched the field expressionlessly, but his eyes were in a trance. He walked in the same way as Henry, who was sent off in South Korea yesterday. The charm of looking back at that moment during the player passage is very similar.

Not just nostalgic for this stage.

There is also a touch of persistence in despair, a kind of piety that asks God to make their wishes come true.

Barty, he has a date.

The time is June 30, and the place is in Yokohama, Japan.

At this time, he already had an ominous premonition of missing the appointment.

God of War Batty, Wolf King Totti, meet in the World Cup final!

And Henry, he also has a date, and when he shook hands with Ronaldinho after the Champions League final, he said with bold words: Goodbye at Yokohama International Stadium!

Argentina has used up three substitutions, and Bielsa has put all ethnic hatred behind him at this moment. People always have to see the reality clearly, and the job of a football coach cannot be unrealistic.

A big comeback?

If Bielsa still has this confidence, he is not called a lunatic, he is really crazy.

But he continued to ask Argentina to attack.

With some pale faces and crazy eyes, what he is after is no longer victory, that is simply wishful thinking, what he wants is just goals, goals, one, or two.

Before the final life-and-death battle, Argentina cannot rank behind Sweden, absolutely not!

He finally came to his senses and played against Nigeria, against a conservative opponent. Argentina only scored a goal from a set kick to win.

When playing against England, the opponent's formation is also conservative, but now they have been filled with three.

If the Swedish team is really ahead of Argentina before the last game, don't think about it, the Swedish team will definitely deal with them conservatively.

What confidence does Bielsa have that Argentina's 3313 can break the dense defense?

On the highest stage of the green world, without absolute creativity and high efficiency in breaking dense defenses, don't have the dream of conquering the world in offensive football!

It was beautiful, but unrealistic.

Bielsa has no longer dared to cast his sights on Aldridge, who is not far away from him. Argentina has a high pursuit. In his philosophy, there are many, many offensive tricks, but England uses two points to make Argentina helpless. All designs All turned into flowing water, the first point is the space, and the second point is the number of defenders.

If it is said that playing Nigeria encountered difficulties and some troubles, when Batty scored with a header, people forgot about these and continued to have great expectations for 3313 offensive football.

Then the game is played against England. Bielsa's 3313 can be completely thrown into the trash.

offensive? England kept Argentina open without even a shot from inside the penalty area. Played the game for an hour. There were only 5 shots in the sports battle, all of which were lucky peripheral long-range shots, and only one shot within the goal range was pitiful.

Is this attacking football? Where is the offensive? Conversely, England's quick counterattack was beaten all over the body and wailed in despair. The game is not over yet, but the whole world knows that the sideline fight between Aldridge and Bielsa has been decided by the winner.

The lunatic was crushed by the young commander!

Even if the situation is reversed. England attacked violently and Argentina counterattacked. I believe the score may be written upside down, but no one put a knife on Bielsa's neck to make him attack aggressively. If you don't know, wouldn't it be ridiculous to talk about conquering the world?

Before the World Cup, the lunatic boasted that the runner-up was a failure, and now it has become a laughing stock. It has become the material for writing and writing battle reports in the minds of countless reporters.

runner up?

Don't say whether they can make it to the finals, whether they can qualify for the group stage may be hanging!

Aimar. Lopez, Crespo, Argentina's second-half replacement did not bring immediate results.

Instead, in the 69th minute, the city gate almost fell again.

McManaman got the ball from the left side of the road and made a fake move in the process of dribbling the ball. It seemed that he was going to pass back to the center. This is what he has been doing before. Being predicted, this also affects the defense's prediction. Pochettino subconsciously shifted his center of gravity in advance to block McManaman's pass to the middle, but McManaman quickly changed his desire to smash the ball in the penalty area and speed up. .

He easily broke through Pochettino and went straight into the hinterland of the penalty area. Samuel stared at Irving while retreating. He didn't dare to make up for it. He didn't dare. He believed that if he made a move, McMana Mann will definitely give Owen an assist.

But McManaman had a chance to shoot, didn't pass the ball again, the distance was very close, and the angle was not bad. He used too much force, but he didn't grasp the angle well. At first glance, I thought I was in.

The England fans in the stands let out a loud sigh, followed by warm applause. They did not criticize the poodle too much. In the games against Sweden and Argentina, McManaman undoubtedly performed well on the field. The fans will not have higher demands on him, because now they are leading 3:0.

McManaman was very annoyed. He wanted to score a goal, and wanted to leave his own goal on the World Cup stage. Unfortunately, he didn't know whether to say it was bad luck, or he was a little nervous because he did it on purpose.

In any case, England played another attack that sent shivers down Argentina's spine and came within a hair's breadth of scoring.

Simeone had already resigned to his fate at this time. He was one of the captains. Although he had mixed feelings in his heart and suffered the most, he had to bow his head to reality.

Bielsa's tactical arrangement in this game not only failed to restrain England and break through the opponent's fortress, but also in the opponent's targeted arrangement, the technical tactics completely restrained Argentina.

If the game continues like this, Simeone doesn't know whether Argentina will score, but he will definitely concede again!

The reason for his powerlessness also includes that his injury has not healed and he is not in the best condition. He knows that he cannot stop the whirlwind of the England team in the midfield.

Conceding the ball again, from 3 to 4, Argentina will not only lose, but will be bloodbathed!

He took the initiative to communicate with Zanetti and Sorin, requiring at least one of them to act as a full-back in the defense, filling the gap in the cross-section of the back line, and compressing the space, while the other should assist in defending the midfield and act as a central midfielder. Anti-time task.

Although it seems vague to say so, Zanetti and Sorin should be able to understand that this is a free adjustment and coordinate with each other as the situation changes.

Whoever plays the full-back is simple. Wherever McManaman is, he will play the full-back. Then the other person will naturally come to the midfield to share Simeone's defensive pressure.

After Simeone instructed his teammates to adjust, the defense of the Argentine team finally seemed to be balanced. The defense line was complete and there were no obvious gaps. Marking was no longer one-on-one.

In fact, this is the mainstream defensive mode of the world's strong teams. Attacking strong and defending weak is also the situation of the overall football environment. Even if the best defensive player in the world defends one-on-one, it is impossible to achieve 100% success. If you fail once, you may become a sinner.

Argentina's adjustment was at 70 minutes. Aldrich naturally noticed the change in Argentina's defensive posture. He turned around, walked towards the coach's bench, sat down, and looked indifferent.

The game is over. (to be continued...)

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